The book, Adam Bede[?] by George Eliot, was accused of being the "vile outpourings of a lewd woman's mind" in Britain and was consequently withdrawn from libraries.
... May 11 - Salvador Dalí, artist
May 17 - Jean Gabin[?], actor (+ 1976)
May 21 - Fats Waller, pianist (+ 1943)
May 21 - Robert Montgomery, actor (+ 1981)
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